Ameraucana thread for posting pictures and discussing our birds

[Hennypen]

Tiny dot on top of chicks heads. Is that an indicator of pullet or cockeral?

 

[pips&peeps]

Your question is too vague. What kind of chick?

 

[Hennypen]

Wheatwn Ameraucana
http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad198/HorseFeathersFarm/79014a03.jpg I've seen this a lot but didn't know if it meant anything.

 

[La Mike]

No

 

[La Mike]

People do strange things sometimes

 

[Hennypen]

Luanne, I blame this on you...


I've been trying to break her for almost 3 weeks, I've given up.

She's sitting on ceramic eggs right now, I've got Platinum/Dun Sumatra eggs in the incubator that I plan on giving her a few days before they go into lockdown. BTW, her beard is typically a lot fuller, the other girls started to pick at her though because she was monopolizing one of the nesting boxes in the big coop.

Put her in a cage with a wire bottom. Her belly needs to get cooled down to change the hormones.

 

[jerryse]

To break up a broody hen I put her in the surplus rooster pen.The roosters harass here and she stops being broody.The change of pen also helps.

 

[dak]

Yes, a pen change even seems to work with my Cochins, and they are pretty stubborn. Nothing like everyone picking on you makes you forget about imaginary eggs.

 

[bobbieschicks]

Hoping to hatch out some Ameraucanas next Tuesday from Mrheinz77

put 4 under my broody and have 4 in the bator. Can't wait for some chicks!

So far at least one chick hatched under my broody - I heard it and saw the broken shell when I went to open up the coop this morning! I'll try to get a picture later today.

 

[CRYSTALCREEK]

Bittersweet day here for me, sending by best girl to TN - congratulations Jes & David Kemp!